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Flash Crash

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Algorithms, Arbitrage and Broken Things

Settling for a settled debate over high-frequency trading.

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Algorithmic Trading | 29 Apr 2013

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NYSE Retiring LRP Ahead of Limit Measures

The New York Stock Exchange has filed a plan to withdraw its Liquidity Replenishment Points program (LRP), a way of halting momentum in volatile stocks, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Sell-Side Technology | News | Exchange Technologies | 03 Apr 2013

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Circuit Breakers Adequate for Flash-Crash Prevention

A recent report by London-based consultancy GreySpark Partners has found that circuit breakers and venue controls on algorithms should be sufficient measures to control aberrant behavior related to algorithmic trading, without a need for further legislation....

Buy-Side Technology | Analysis | Algorithmic Trading | 27 Mar 2013

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James Rundle: That Golden Touch

The data jungle of modern trading may be confusing, says James, but the UK’s Financial Services Authority is certainly going out with a bang after slamming a complex market manipulation scheme, mirroring wider efforts among national cops to become tech...

Waters | Opinion | Regulation & Standards | 28 Feb 2013

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Congressman Lobbies SEC for HFT Crackdown

Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), advising it to curb the practice of high-frequency trading (HFT).

Sell-Side Technology | News | High Frequency Trading | 21 Jan 2013

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MEP Says No to Minimum Resting Times

Kay Swinburne, member of the EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, believes minimum resting times for orders will not make it into the final drafting of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II).

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Regulation & Standards | 16 Nov 2012

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ASIC Considers Kill Switch Introduction

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), plans to release a new set of rules for automated trading this week, chief among which will be the introduction of circuit breakers for brokers.

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Regulation & Standards | 05 Nov 2012

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High-Frequency Trading: Handle with Care

Steve Dew-Jones unearths disquiet among market participants, following the European Parliament’s unanimous vote in favor of European Commission proposals to restrict the practice of high-frequency trading.

Waters | Feature | High Frequency Trading | 29 Oct 2012

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NSE Shifts Blame for India Flash Crash

Since India’s S&P CNX Nifty index dropped 900 points earlier this month, the country’s largest exchange hasn't disclosed any evaluations of its own mistakes. One technologist has a few suggestions.

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Exchange Technologies | 25 Oct 2012

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Cass Questions Circuit Breakers in New Study

The Cass Business School at City University, London, has released an academic paper questioning the validity of measures put in place after the Flash Crash to ensure market stability.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Regulation & Standards | 18 Oct 2012

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